EP11: "Scale and Speed" - Jessica Vanderlelie

23/06/2025 39 min
EP11: "Scale and Speed" - Jessica Vanderlelie

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THE GUESTProfessor Jessica Vanderlelie is Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic at Deakin University, steering the Education and Employability outcomes across more than 60 000 learners. She is an Australian Learning & Teaching Fellow and led the national “Re-visioning Alumni Engagement for Graduate Success” program. In 2016 she became the inaugural Innovative Research Universities Vice-Chancellors’ Fellow, coordinating seven universities on student success, employability and learning analytics. Recently Jessica has been an advocate for universities taking on bold and transformational initiatives in a world that's rapidly being reshaped by AI, warning her peers that “the days of being a content business are over,” and highlighting that AI-first universities can personalise learning and protect equity by scaling support to underserved students.  Jessica also champions cross-sector reform as Deputy Chair of Universities Australia’s DVC Academic Committee and a member of Advance HE’s Australasian Strategic Advisory Board.THE SHOWInsights from Australia’s top education minds. Join David Yip to explore the new world of work and learning for the Agentic AI era.THE LINKSHave a question you want us to answer? Send it through to [email protected] VanderlelieLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicavanderlelie/Insight Timer App: https://insighttimer.com/National Parks: https://www.australia.com/en/things-to-do/nature-and-national-parks.htmlMy linksLinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dyip-melb/ Alumly: ⁠https://www.alumly.co/